Author: Romina Picolotti
Publisher: University of Arizona Press
ISBN: 9780816529346
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 292
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Book Description
Es un libro de consulta valiosa que explora el territorio desconocido que hay entre la legislación ambiental y de los derechos humanos. Más que un tratado teórico, se argumenta que el activismo de los derechos humanos representa una oportunidad importante para hacer frente a las consecuencias humanas de la degradación del medio ambiente y puede servir como un catalizador de ideas y acciones inspiradoras en el mundo real -- Contraportada.
Author: Bronwyn Glynis Naylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781862879652
Category : Alien detention centers
Languages : en
Pages : 304
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Author: David R. Boyd
Publisher: UBC Press
ISBN: 0774821639
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 470
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The right to a healthy environment has been the subject of extensive philosophical debates that revolve around the question: Should rights to clean air, water, and soil be entrenched in law? David Boyd answers this by moving beyond theoretical debates to measure the practical effects of enshrining the right in constitutions. His pioneering analysis of 193 constitutions and the laws and court decisions of more than 100 nations in Europe, Latin America, Asia, and Africa reveals a positive correlation between constitutional protection and stronger environmental laws, smaller ecological footprints, superior environmental performance, and improved quality of life.
Author: Donald K. Anton
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1139498525
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 1025
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With unique scholarly analysis and practical discussion, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the relationship between environmental protection and human rights being formalized into law in many legal systems. This book instructs on environmental techniques and procedures that assist in the protection of human rights. The text provides cogent guidance on a growing international jurisprudence on the promotion and protection of human rights in relation to the environment that has been developed by international and regional human rights bodies and tribunals. It explores a rich body of case law that continues to develop within states on the environmental dimension of the rights to life, to health, and to public participation and access to information. Five compelling contemporary case studies are included that implicate human rights and the environment, ranging from large dam projects to the creation of a new human right to a clean environment.
Author: Bronwyn Naylor
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780987233707
Category : Alien detention centers
Languages : en
Pages : 145
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Author: John H. Knox
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 1108421199
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 309
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This book considers and clarifies many different facets of the international human right to a healthy environment.
Author: Linda Hajjar Leib
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004188649
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 193
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The book examines the genesis and development of environmental rights (or the Right to Environment) in international law and discusses their philosophical, theoretical and legal underpinnings in the context of sustainable development and the notion of solidarity rights.
Author: Ben Boer
Publisher: Collected Courses of the Acade
ISBN: 0198736142
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 273
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A high quality environment is coming to be regarded as a necessary prerequisite for the enjoyment of some of the most fundamental human rights, including the rights to life and health. However, the precise recognition of a 'right to environment' has not yet been settled. The essays collected here address this and related questions from different perspectives.
Author: Sumudu Atapattu
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1351757946
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 288
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The field of human rights and the environment has grown phenomenally during the last few years and this textbook will be one of the first to encourage students to think critically about how many environmental issues lead to a violation of existing rights. Taking a socio-legal approach, this book will provide a good understanding of both human rights and environmental issues, as well as the limitations of each regime, and will explore the ways in which human rights law and institutions can be used to obtain relief for the victims of environmental degradation or of adverse effects of environmental policies. In addition, it will place an emphasis on climate change and climate policies to highlight the pros and cons of using a human rights framework and to underscore its importance in the context of climate change. As well as identifying emerging issues and areas for further research, each chapter will be rich in pedagogical features, including web links to further research and discussion questions for beyond the classroom. Combining their specialisms in law and politics, Atapattu and Schapper have developed a truly inter-disciplinary resource that will be essential for students of human rights, environmental studies, international law, international relations, politics, and philosophy.
Author: LaDawn Haglund
Publisher: Univ of California Press
ISBN: 0520958926
Category : Social Science
Languages : en
Pages : 393
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Do "human rights"—as embodied in constitutions, national laws, and international agreements—foster improvements in the lives of the poor or otherwise marginalized populations? When, where, how, and under what conditions? Closing the Rights Gap: From Human Rights to Social Transformation systematically compares a range of case studies from around the world in order to clarify the conditions under which—and institutions through which—economic, social, and cultural rights are progressively realized in practice. It concludes with testable hypotheses regarding how significant transformative change might occur, as well as an agenda for future research to facilitate rights realization worldwide.
